Funny Boy
Funny Boy is a Canadian drama film, directed by Deepa Mehta and slated for release in 2020. An adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai's 1994 novel Funny Boy, the film centres on the coming of age of Arjie Chelvaratnam, a young Tamil boy in Sri Lanka who is coming to terms with his homosexuality against the backdrop of the increased tensions between Tamil and Sinhalese people before the breakout of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
| MPAA Rating: | NR |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Country: | Canada, United States |
| Directed By: | Deepa Mehta |
| Written By: | Shyam Selvadurai, Deepa Mehta |
| Cast: | Agam Darshi, Ali Kazmi, Maithili Venkataraman, Brandon Ingram, Ruvin De Silva, Nimmi Harasgama, Arush Nand, Rehan Mudannayake, Seema Biswas, Orlando Giraldo, David Hamilton, Shivantha Wijesinha, Peter Cockett, Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke, Prasad Pereira |
| In Theaters: | Dec 10, 2020 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 49 minutes |
| Production: | ARRAY Releasing, Hamilton-Mehta Productions |
| Available On: | Netflix |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
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